Example sentences of "[vb infin] as [adv] as they " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will always be homes , local authority as well as private sector , which do not always behave as well as they should within the rules . |
| 2 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
| 3 | Certainly , state pensions — now over £25 billion a year — will not grow as fast as they might have done , or seem likely to do in many other rich countries . |
| 4 | For several months the Hong Kong Sevens waited , hoping that the country 's two rugby bodies would unite as quickly as they had in some other sports — most notably cricket . |
| 5 | Who and how many people we imprison , for how long and in what conditions are questions that politicians and sentencers must answer ; those in the prisons must make it work as well as they can . |
| 6 | Tribunals are an essential check on the powers of officialdom but at the moment they do not work as well as they should to ensure justice in welfare provision . |
| 7 | The best laid plans do n't always run as smoothly as they should , so we have tried to identify areas where you might encounter problems . |
| 8 | Her agent , Cleveland County Coun Alan Sykes , told The Northern : ‘ Things do n't look as well as they might be . ’ |
| 9 | The rains may disappear as suddenly as they arrived ; the pond may dry out within a few days , and so the whole cycle of breeding activity must be completed in the shortest possible time . |
| 10 | ‘ The companies should be warned of the falling guillotine and urged to produce and ship as fast as they can . ’ |
| 11 | The economists agree that reforms should happen as fast as they are technically possible , whether ordinary citizens want it that way or not . |
| 12 | It do n't take as long as they say . ’ |
| 13 | The thin man said Crane should be left to make his own way so that the rest of them could ride as fast as they could down one of the tracks to the south . |
| 14 | And how many times , on re-entering occupied space , did the phenomena depart as suddenly as they came ? |
| 15 | And oh , when we do something else , and my hands say to my feet , ha hang on , you can walk as well as they can , let's try it . |
| 16 | But yesterday organiers decided competitors could go as fast as they like . |
| 17 | They can go as fast as they want and there will be no restrictions . |
| 18 | Good sense says that they should go as far as they can but return from time to time to those parts of the plan which have not at first been realized . |
| 19 | Actually they do do n't play as well as they used to . |
| 20 | erm If United can play as well as they did this afternoon and Oldham perform as well as we know they can , we 're in for a really tremendous game of football . |
| 21 | Although the coin is removed it will feel like it 's still there and the victim will shake as hard as they can to the encouragement of the observers with such calls as ‘ Shake it off ’ . |
| 22 | The abduction and murder of 2 year old , James Bulger , she says , underlines the importance , whenever possible , of not letting youngsters out of your sight and ensuring they know that when confronted by a stranger they 're allowed to scream and shout as loud as they like . |
| 23 | Cynics are betting that the romance is a huge publicity stunt to help sell the firm : ‘ The relationship will last as long as they can use each other , ’ says one . |
| 24 | Among these worlds the probabilities of their state ( i.e. their entropy ) will increase as often as they decrease . |